Fortran
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Fortran skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Fortran over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 789 944 1220
Rank change year-on-year +155 +276 -324
Permanent jobs citing Fortran 101 33 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.033% 0.015%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.30% 0.077% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 85 25 17
10th Percentile £39,000 - £34,044
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,875 £35,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £43,250 £41,957
Median % change year-on-year +34.10% +3.08% +66.51%
75th Percentile £73,750 £51,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £52,300 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £43,250 £41,957
% change year-on-year +30.64% +3.08% +66.51%

All Programming Languages
UK

Fortran is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,216 42,952 86,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 54.04%
Number of salaries quoted 24,896 27,477 43,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

Fortran
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Fortran as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Fortran in the UK

Fortran
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Fortran.

Salary trend for Fortran in the UK

Fortran
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fortran over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Fortran in the UK

Fortran
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fortran within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +159 101 £58,000 +34.10% 29
UK excluding London +38 100 £56,500 +30.64% 25
South East +76 90 £56,500 +30.64% 15
Work from Home +80 12 £38,500 - 5
North of England +50 5 - -
North West - 5 - -
South West - 5 - - 5
London - 1 £175,000 - 2

Fortran
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 19 (18.81%) Visual Studio
2 14 (13.86%) GitLab
3 12 (11.88%) Jenkins
4 7 (6.93%) CMake
4 7 (6.93%) Git
4 7 (6.93%) JIRA
4 7 (6.93%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (6.93%) TestRail
5 5 (4.95%) Clang
5 5 (4.95%) LabVIEW
5 5 (4.95%) NetBeans
General
1 37 (36.63%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (17.82%) Social Skills
3 7 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (23.76%) Senior
1 24 (23.76%) Software Engineer
2 15 (14.85%) Junior
3 14 (13.86%) Architect
3 14 (13.86%) Software Architect
4 11 (10.89%) Physicist
5 9 (8.91%) Computer Scientist
5 9 (8.91%) Research Scientist
6 7 (6.93%) Research Engineer
6 7 (6.93%) Research Software Engineer
7 6 (5.94%) Developer
7 6 (5.94%) Scientific Software Developer
7 6 (5.94%) Senior Computer Scientist
7 6 (5.94%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (5.94%) Software Developer
8 5 (4.95%) Compiler Engineer
8 5 (4.95%) Software Manager
9 3 (2.97%) Graduate
9 3 (2.97%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) Performance Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (19.80%) OpenMP
2 15 (14.85%) OpenACC
3 7 (6.93%) HTML
3 7 (6.93%) HTML5
3 7 (6.93%) OpenCL
3 7 (6.93%) OpenGL
3 7 (6.93%) QML
3 7 (6.93%) Qt
3 7 (6.93%) VTK
3 7 (6.93%) Vulkan
3 7 (6.93%) WinForms
3 7 (6.93%) WPF
4 5 (4.95%) JavaFX
4 5 (4.95%) LLVM
5 1 (0.99%) Keras
5 1 (0.99%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.99%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 68 (67.33%) Algorithms
2 28 (27.72%) CUDA
3 18 (17.82%) Data Structures
4 17 (16.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.97%) PMI
7 1 (0.99%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 37 (36.63%) Linux
2 32 (31.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (88.12%) Physics
2 79 (78.22%) Computer Science
3 61 (60.40%) Mathematics
4 54 (53.47%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (46.53%) Parallel Programming
6 31 (30.69%) Chemistry
7 27 (26.73%) Software Testing
8 26 (25.74%) Machine Learning
9 24 (23.76%) Software Engineering
10 19 (18.81%) Agile
10 19 (18.81%) Monte Carlo Method
11 18 (17.82%) Artificial Intelligence
12 17 (16.83%) Complexity Analysis
12 17 (16.83%) OO
12 17 (16.83%) OOD
13 14 (13.86%) Code Optimisation
13 14 (13.86%) Prototyping
14 12 (11.88%) Open Source
14 12 (11.88%) SDLC
15 7 (6.93%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 88 (87.13%) Python
2 68 (67.33%) C++
3 59 (58.42%) C
4 21 (20.79%) C#
5 20 (19.80%) Bash
6 19 (18.81%) SQL
7 10 (9.90%) MATLAB
8 7 (6.93%) C-shell
8 7 (6.93%) Perl
8 7 (6.93%) PowerShell
9 5 (4.95%) Java
Qualifications
1 100 (99.01%) Degree
2 61 (60.40%) PhD
3 50 (49.50%) Master's Degree
4 44 (43.56%) Security Cleared
5 10 (9.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (4.95%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.97%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.99%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) ISO 9001
1 5 (4.95%) TickIT
Systems Management
1 5 (4.95%) Ansible
1 5 (4.95%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 39 (38.61%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.95%) Atlassian